Hi Kids!
So I had Jake and Anna stroll about and take some pics so youse all can see what’s happening…
The world famous comic creator, Stephen McCranie,
And Michael
His daughter, Phoebe
And the swell folks at Urban Hotdog provided prizes for our next two winners:
The first winner was our lovely Julie…
And then the lovely Stephen…
We’ll be back in a few minutes.
Your pal,
Chuck
Hi Kids!
Our pal (and former president of 7000 BC), Paul Ziomek dropped by and brought us more prizes from The Southwest University of Visual Arts.
The first was a 24 page Bristol Board tablet and it went to Charles.
Then a few minutes later, Julie chose another ticket and Maggie won a 12 piece Prismacolor art marker set.
These are some serious prizes that impress even the most discriminating artiste’!
Thanks Paul and SUVA for bringing some “class” to this affair!
Your pal,
Chuck
Hi Kids!
We’re about to have the first drawing and the suspense is palpable…
The lovely Julie was our Vanna White and pulled not one, but two tickets.
The first prize from Lobo Anime & Comics, a copy of “OTHER WORLD” went to Tony.
Thanks to our pals at Lobo!
Jeff decided we should give two prizes just get us started, so Julie picked another ticket, and:
Gabe won a $20 cash prize from our friend Jim Lynch and Wonder Funders the comic crowd funding source for independent comic creators. If you have a comic you’ve been trying to get off the ground, you might want to contact Jim.
Congratulations to our winners and thanks again to our sponsors!
HOUR 4 coming soon!
Your pal,
Chuck
Hi Kids!
Kinda got a late start, as it’s now 12:47 as I type this so I’m gonna have to condense Hours 1 and 2.
So here we go!
We have the Trader Joe’s Tiki Guy BAG O’ PRIZES!!!
And here’s what’s inside…
Thanks to all of our sponsors who donated prizes for our periodic raffle drawings. You’ll hear more about them later.
But most importantly, thanks to Gene Bustamante and the crew here at KABOOM Test Labs.
And here’s the starting crew.
Almost time for Hour 3, so we’ll see you then!
Your pal,
Chuck
We have some new results here in Rovaniemi…
Online participants: If you haven’t found a place to post the progress of your Challenge, please consider posting on the Ironhand Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/ironhandcomics Or you can post on this page as well. If you post on the Ironhand Facebook page, the folks at Blitz comics ask you to register here: http://goo.gl/sI9sTH so that they can track your progress.
Bee Masakun
Here at Rovaniemi, Finland (the official hometown of Santa Claus) we are participating 8th time this year. As always the Rovaniemi City Library hosts the event and organizes it together with Taikalamppu. This year we have close to forty participants from age 15 up.
We are now just half way there. Participants are still lively and suprisingly few have left to sleep at home. First comics are ready and many are on their way. Outside the temperature is close to zero degree of Celcius but inside the library we have it warm and cosy. Just a little bit more coffee and we will make it through the night.
Here is an article about Dragon’s Lair participating.
http://blogs.sacurrent.com/art_slut/the-nerdiest-all-nighter-sas-24-hour-comics-challenge/
Hi Kids!
We’re back, and I’ll be blogging live every hour (more or less–might have to snooze sometime) for 24 hours from the Game Room of KABOOM Test Labs on the west side of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (that’s where Q-Town comes in: Boston is also known as Beantown, Kansas City as Cow Town, Chicago is Chi-town, the list goes on. When we moved here in 1987, I thought that Albuquerque is the only town I ever heard of with two Q’s in it, so I came up with Q-Town–way more info than you really need, but there it is…).
But I digress…
Anyway, we’ll all be here just like we have been since 2008 (practically a tradition, eh?) keeping you updated on the progress of our participants with photos, and the winners of our periodic raffle drawings, and which of our sponsors were good enough to supply us with their support, especially KABOOM Test Labs, who once again have been gracious enough to give us a place to play for the full 24 hours.
So come on back and check in often. We’ve got some really cool stuff planned, and you don’t want to miss out on any of the excitng goings on, especially around 2 in the morning, when things start to get weird.
See you in a couple of days,
Your pal,
Chuck
24-Hour Comics Day is this Saturday ….. the 4th of October. And over 70 venues are participating …. from 16 different countries …. and 4 different continents. It is truly an international event!
A few years ago, the 24-Hour Comics Day planning committee decided to set the event date as the first Saturday in October. This was done to standardize the event and help people with their planning. Unfortunately, sometimes this can cause conflicts. This year, for example, 24-Hour Comics Day falls on Yom Kippur – one of the holiest days of the Jewish tradition.
If you can’t participate this Saturday, please realize that you can participate on another day ….. as long as it’s fairly close to the 4th. Venues and online participants are always able to schedule different days …. other than the official day … and still be included. For instance, Mission Comics in San Francisco decided to hold their event on Saturday, September the 27th.
All we ask is that you notify us when you are planning on holding the event so that we can publicize it and officially count you.